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A collision on the Camden and Atlantic Road at Pike's Peak between a Sunday-school excursion train of the Second Presbyterian Church of Camden and the Atlantic City accommodation train killed seven men and a 10-year-old boy, Willie Caskey, and injured many others, among them Cora May Lippincott of 804 Broadway.
A June 1880 Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news: the Decoration Day procession of G.A.R. Posts 5 and 37, the death of Lewis Werts, a runaway horse stopped on Federal Street near Broadway, and other local items.
Camden Courier-Post - September 27th, 1879 Tape Worm Removed Alive, Head and All with two doses of Mrs. Dr. Fearn's Herb Medicine.
During the Civil War, Camden purchased its first steam fire apparatus on June 4, 1864 the Independence Fire Company No. 3 purchased an Amoskeag steamer for $3250. This apparatus was a third class, single pump style with serial #92.
Benjamin Dugdale, son-in-law of James Kaighn, established a tannery on Cooper Street below Front, on the site of what became the Esterbrook Pen Company. In 1845 the place was used as a livery stable by Joseph Myers.